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EDWARD E. SCI-IUMAKER, 0F HILIBERT, WISCONSIN.

Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

Application filed April 3, 1918. Serial No. 226,477.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD E. Sci-IU- MAKER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Hilbert, in the county of Calumet and State ofWisconsin, have invented a new and Improved Beehive, of Which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

1y invention relates to a bee hive which comprises a bench housing and aremovable broods nest. An object of the invention is to provide a simpleand efiicient hive which can be easily inspected and which will giveaccess to the broods nest at any time without materially interferingwith the working of the bees.

WVith the above and other objects in view, the nature of which will morefully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as herein fullydescribed, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of the application, similarcharacters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a section through a bee hive embodying my invention on line1-1, Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is a cross section on line 22, Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a section similar to that shown in. Fig. 1 but the broods nestis shown in operative position.

Referring to the drawings, 5 is the bench, which is in the shape of abox open at one end and provided with slots 6 at the top. It has also aslot 7 in one side above a ridge 8 forming the alighting board for thebees. The bench 5 has a false rocking bottom 9, a portion of whichbottom extends out of the opening of the bench so that the same can beeasily operated. The other end of the false bottom 9 is provided with aledge 10 which forms a stop for the broods nest 11. The nest is also inthe shape of a boX open at the top and has a side slot 12 at the bottomadapted to register with the side slot 7 when said broods nest 11 isforced against the top by means of a wedge 13 interposed between thebroods nest and the false bottom 9.

The ledge brings the top opening of the nest 11 in register with theslots 6 when the wedge 13 is forced against the nest and the falsebottom. The nest is provided with a handle 14 to facilitate themanipulation of the nest. When the broods nest is to be placed into thebench the same is brought on the false bottom 9 and shoved into thebench until the same comes against the ledge 10. Preferably, rollingmembers 15 are provided on the bottom of the nest remote from the endwhere the handle 1% is provided.

After the nest is brought against the ledge 10, pressure is applied tothe outer end of the false bottom 9, thereby causing the inner end ofthe bottom to rise, bringing one end of the nest against the top of thebench (see Fig. 1). By raising the nest by means of the handle 14: andforcing the wedge 13 between the nest and the bottom 9, the nest isbrought tightly against the top of the bench, as shown in Fig. 3.

The bees enter the nest through the openings 7 and 12, which register asshown; and when the nest is to be inspected the same can be removed atany time from the bench, leaving the honey supers on the bench. It willbe seen that in my bee hive the nest forms a drawer removable from thebench, which is the housing for the drawer, and to which drawer accessis had through the side and top of the housing or bench.

The number of slots in the top of the bench corresponds to the number ofbee spaces between the brood frames in the brood chamber or nest. Suchan arrangement gives a clear and continuous bee-way from the bottom ofthe broods nest up into the honey supers.

I claim:

1. In a bee hive, a housing open at one end and having slots in the topand a slot in the side, a movable false bottom in said housing, a nestopen on the top and having a slot in the side and adapted to besupported on the false bottom and whereby said nest may be broughtagainst the top of the housing to have the open top of the nest inregister with the slots in the top of the housing and to have also theside slots of the nest and housing in register, and means for preventingthe false bottom from movement to lock the nest within the housing.

2. In a bee hive, a housing open at one end and having slots in the topand a slot in the side, said slots running toward the open end, amovable false bottom in said housing, a nest open on the top and havinga slot in the side, said nest being adapted to be supported by the falsebottom and by the movement of said bottom to be brought against the topof the housing to bring the open top of said nest in register with theslots in the top of the housing and also the side slots of both the nestand housing, and means for preventing the movement of the movable floorwhereby said nest is looked within the housing against the top.

3. In a bee hive, a housing open at one end and having slots in the topand a slot in the side, all of said slots running toward the open end, amovable false bottom in said housing operable through the open end, anest open on the top and having a slot in the side, said nest beingadapted to be supported by said movable bottom, and means adapted to beinterposed between the nest and the movable bottom whereby the said nestis forced against the top of the housing and the bottom is preventedfrom moving.

&. In a bee hive, a housing open at one end and having slots in the topand a slot in the side, said slots running toward the open end, arocking false bottom in said housing, a nest open on the top and havinga slot in the'side, said nest being adapted to rest on the false bottomof the housing, and

means adapted to be interposed between the nest and the false bottom forbringing the nest against the top of the housing and looking the sametherein.

5. In a bee hive, a housing open at one end, a nest removable from theopen end of the housing, and means for looking said nest to the top ofthe housing, said housing and nest having means at the top and siderendering the nest accessible to the bees from the top and side throughthe housing.

6. In a bee hive, a housing open at one end and having slots in the topand a slot in the side, said slots running toward the open end, arocking bottom in said housing, a nest open on the top and having a slotin the side, said nest being adapted to rest on the rocking bottom ofthe housing, and means adapted to be interposed between the nest and therocking bottom for bringing the nest against the top of the housing andlooking the nest in said position.

EDWARD E. SOHUMAKER.

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